Was there a weed deal between Michael Brown and store clerks?
“Stranger Fruit,” a film at SXSW reveals previously unseen footage of Michael Brown the filmmaker claims casts doubt that Brown robbed a convenience store.
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Study: Marijuana use alters the young brain, gray matter negatively
Heavy marijuana users had different brain shapes and lower IQs than non-smokers in a newly published study, suggesting a potential danger to young people who abuse the drug. More on pot’s effects on the young brain:
Anti-pot doc blasted over comments on Michael Brown, THC and Ferguson
Prominent Denver psychiatrist Christian Thurstone’s comments about the THC levels in Ferguson, Mo., shooting victim Michael Brown’s blood have some Colorado marijuana activists calling for the doctor’s removal from boards and commissions – or at least an apology.
NORML and others slam Denver group pushing for social cannabis use
After activists last week pulled a Denver marijuana initiative from the November ballot, other pro-legalization activists have lashed out at what they see as backpedaling by their like-minded colleagues.
Maureen Dowd reacts to her column on pot, Willie Nelson and Colorado
So how exactly did Maureen Dowd end up sitting across from country legend Willie Nelson on his tour bus the Honeysuckle Rose? “The man is the patron saint of pot, after all, and I’m the poster girl for bad pot trips,” Dowd wrote in her most recent New York Times column. “It seemed like a match made in hash heaven.”
Opinion: Maureen Dowd’s peculiar tale misleading
Maureen Dowd asks us to believe that a highly intelligent, well-traveled writer for one of the world’s leading newspapers casually overdosed on a THC-infused candy bar in her Denver hotel room because she had no idea how much a novice should eat. This is a most peculiar tale.
Playwright pens, stages new play on Maureen Dowd’s stoney “Denver Hell”
As Denver playwright John Moore considered topics for the play he would write for the Mile High 24-Hour Play Festival on June 7, he came across New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s June 3 piece on getting too stoned on marijuana-infused edibles in Colorado.
Opinion: Marijuana limits — it’s a learning process to find happy place
Most Americans learn to drink by a process of trial and error, conducted through well-established rituals and with social support. If marijuana is to be consumed in similar ways, a lot of new consumers will have to learn how to toke.
Yes, there is a “Colorado candy bar incident” entry on Dowd’s Wikipedia
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has lived an enviable life and crafted an impressive journalistic career that includes a Pulitzer, a Damon Runyon Award and a Woman of the Year nod from Glamour magazine. You can read all about Dowd’s professional achievements on her Wikipedia page, and if you keep reading you’ll also come across a new entry: “2014 Colorado candy bar incident.”
NYT’s Maureen Dowd reacts: In quest for fun, risks downplayed
Embattled New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd reacted on June 5 to the controversy around her June 3 column, where she wrote about a nightmarish experience with too heavy a dose of legal marijuana-infused edibles in Colorado.
Inside look at what NYT’s Dowd was told about edibles in visit to Denver
When New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd came to Denver in January to report on recreational marijuana — the same trip where she ate too much of a cannabis-infused candy bar — she contacted a number of local experts and industry types to get the lay of the land.
20 reactions: Dowd pens column on edibles overdose, Internet loses mind
When Maureen Dowd’s column on her edibles overdose in Colorado first appeared on The New York Times’ website on June 3 it became an immediate touchstone in marijuana legalization in 2014. And of course Twitter reacted in a big way:
N.Y. Times’ Dowd on edibles: “I became convinced that I had died”
“I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me,” the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd writes in a June 3 column about her scary experience with marijuana edibles when she visited Colorado.
Cannabist Q&A: Private clubs/hotels; home-grow help; keeping herb fresh
This Q&A handles readers’ questions on cannabis matters. Topics include businesses that allow pot consumption; getting assistance growing; and strategies for marijuana storage.
Walk for Weed: Wyoming NORML takes to the state capitol (interview)
Wyoming NORML isn’t nearly as entrenched as its colleagues in Colorado, but don’t count the scrappy activists in Cheyenne, Jackson and Sinclair out of the fight. Even though conservative Wyoming has reminded everyone a number of times to “not bring your Colorado-purchased marijuana into Wyoming,” there is a movement in the state to push decriminalization and legalization.
Ski, party, Easter mass: The strangest 4/20 ever?
While Jan. 1 will certainly spark Colorado’s suddenly retail marijuana scene, the cannabis carnival really won’t blaze until April 20. While a few stores across the state will be opening on the first of the year — the day recreational marijuana is available in stores — the perennially hazy, stoner-celebration day of 4/20 is expected to be a record-setter across Colorado.
Pot tourism seeks acceptance in Colorado as first retail shops open
The dawn of pot tourism in Colorado will bring shuttle buses to the state’s first recreational marijuana shops, guides sharing their stashes with out-of-staters and watchful eyes at ski resorts and Denver’s airport.
California cannabis company receives historic $1 million insurance payout following fire
A Southern California cannabis cultivator received a payout of well over $1 million from an unnamed insurance carrier in Great Britain, for crop damages that the grower suffered during the massive Thomas Fire this past December and January.
Op-ed: Fired baseball coach is right there’s a drug problem — but he’s off-base on marijuana
“While we bicker over whether Grandpa should be able to buy pot brownies to relieve his sciatica, legions of Americans know how to obtain illegal and unregulated drugs with the ease of buying a candy bar.”
Can legal marijuana survive the disapproving glare of Jeff Sessions?
The U.S. is not gearing up for a large-scale prosecution of legal marijuana users, according to initial indications from the dozen or so U.S. attorneys who are now authorized make that call.
“This is outrageous”: Politicians react to news that A.G. Sessions is rescinding the Cole Memo
Politicians from states where marijuana sales are legal took to Twitter Thursday morning to express their dismay at a report that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind the Cole Memo.
How to review cannabis: a complete guide
The Cannabist’s retiring strain reviewer Jake Browne offers his essential guide to critiquing marijuana.
In attempt to help small farmers, Humboldt reps call for one-acre cap on cannabis cultivation
The North Coast’s two state representatives are calling on the state to cap commercial cannabis farms to one acre per person, saying it will protect small farmers from larger companies.
NY attorney general’s office investigating Buffalo police drug checkpoints
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office is investigating the Buffalo Police Department’s use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments.
